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DIacumin - Victorian Poetry and The Dramatic Monologue - Tennyson - Ulysses - analysis line 33 to 70
by DIacumin - (2012-04-19)
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At the 33rd line he started to speak about his son Telemachus. The repetition of the sound “r” underlines the strong relationship Ulysses has with his son. Telemachus is not like his father because if Ulysses is a Romantic and heroic character, Telemachus follows the common duties and is similar to the savage race.

The last section is about the place Ulysses want to see. In this section there is a silent listener because Ulysses speaks to mariners that only listen to his speech. He represent also the mariners as souls that have worked hard and thought. He says that them have sailed with him with joy in every weather and they decided themselves to follow him. He tries to convince them to sail the last time with him because he wants to discover new things even if the time is passing fast for him. At last he makes a very important statement: “what which we are, we are”. He is conscious of the mortal state of human beings but we have to fight and win this unequal battle.